Chapter 1 The Qualitative Change

Boom!

The layered abyss space finally ushered in a qualitative change. A large number of abyss spaces formed a 'illusory abyss' that merged into one, and its vast aura even affected the layer of abyss space where Xu Jingming was located.

"Hmm? Who is it?"

"A half-step third realm of the illusion school?"

In this layer of abyss space, the abyss lords sensed it from afar, their gazes observing this place through space-time. After all, even in the abyss space, battles at the half-step third realm level were rare. Each battle would attract the attention of other lords, who didn't mind kicking someone when they were down.

Of course, the aloof abyss monarchs wouldn't care about these fluctuations.

The Illusion Abyss that Xu Jingming was currently using was still too weak in the perception of the abyss monarch, not even reaching the most basic warning line.

"What is that?" After seeing that 'illusory abyss,' these abyss lords quickly recognized it as a half-step third realm-level illusion!

"Illusion? This kind of opponent is the most annoying."

"It's an outsider who won't stay for too long."

They were unwilling to provoke a half-step third realm of the illusion school because most abyss lords had some flaws in their minds. With weaker illusions, they could resist and ignore them with their powerful life forms.

But when encountering a half-step third realm-level illusion, most of them couldn't resist. At best, they would be trapped in the illusion for a few breaths, unable to resist at all. At worst, they would be trapped in the illusion and unable to escape.

Therefore, among the many schools in the heart realm, the illusion school seemed not so powerful, but it made many experts feel a headache and fear.

The illusion school had one characteristic.

If the enemy couldn't resist the illusion, they would immediately fall into a desperate situation!

If the enemy resisted the illusion, the illusion would be useless, and the half-step third realm of the illusion school could only flee in panic.

Polarization!

"Illusory Abyss." Xu Jingming could feel the terrifying power of this vast illusion. "I've only just gained some initial insights, and I'm already at the half-step third realm. The upper limit of the illusion school in the heart realm is indeed extremely high."

"Constructing an abyss with illusion can lead to the third realm. If constructing a broader existence with illusion? Perhaps it can impact the ultimate?"

Xu Jingming felt that the upper limit of the illusion school in the heart realm might be higher than that of the heart realm weapon school.

Xu Jingming had created his own school in the human race, which was now one of the four strongest forces within humanity—the Mind Realm! What he taught was the illusion school he had comprehended.

Because the heart realm weapon lineage had too high a threshold! On the one hand, one had to master the power of the heart realm, and on the other hand, one had to have extremely high achievements in weapons. It was hopeless for those below the high-dimensional life to even get started, making it unsuitable for teaching low-dimensional life.

The illusion school was different. Even star-level life forms could use crude illusions, making it very popular and with a very low threshold.

"Hmm?" With a thought, Xu Jingming disappeared from the abyss space and entered the heart realm.

The vast heart realm energy was devoured into his body, and Xu Jingming's body was also undergoing changes. His size was rapidly increasing!

"Back then, I used the third stance of the *Jin Ge* spear technique to break through and become a half-step third realm. At that time, my body transformed, but it tended more towards density. High-dimensional life forms of the heart realm weapon lineage generally have smaller bodies, high energy density, and strong aggressiveness."

"And the illusion lineage has ordinary energy density, but...the body size is particularly huge!"

"Because one can evolve the illusion world with the body! Just like now, my entire body can be transformed into an illusory abyss." Xu Jingming's body continued to devour energy, constantly evolving, and becoming larger and larger.

This continuous transformation process lasted for nearly half a month.

Xu Jingming also became a super-giant life form.

"What a huge body." Xu Jingming looked at his incomparably burly self. "If my body forcibly enters the real universe and fully unfolds in low dimensions...I should have a height of 12.9 billion light-years. In terms of size, I should be at the same level as Meng Ha Duo."

A height of 12.9 billion light-years was when unfolded in the low-dimensional world. It wasn't that big in the high-dimensional space.

Just like the total length of the capillaries in an ordinary human body can circle the Blue Star several times. But when combined, it's just that big.

The real universe, high-dimensional life, the size in high-dimensional space is not very outrageous. Only when unfolded in low dimensions, it is so huge and terrifying.

"In terms of size, I am considered extremely large among the half-step third realms." Xu Jingming smiled. "According to the description of the *Xu Yuan* inheritance, this is also called the *Xu Yuan* Body."

The size of the body purely depends on one's own school.

Xu Jingming's body was a 'simplified version' of the *Xu Yuan*! Naturally, it was huge.

The huge life form was endowed with super-strong vitality, and it was extremely difficult to destroy such a life form.

"The *Xu Yuan* school has a huge body and extremely strong vitality. However, the attack aspect is relatively weak, with only 'illusion' as an attack method."

"The heart realm weapon school has a smaller body, high energy density, and extremely strong attack aspect."

"Breaking through both schools can complement each other." Xu Jingming was trying to maintain the vastness of the *Xu Yuan* Body while also increasing the energy density of his body in the manner of the heart realm weapon lineage, making his body stronger and stronger!

The two schools complemented each other, and his strength naturally increased significantly.

"Back then, the father of that high-dimensional child, 'Liu Mang Xing,' mastered six half-step third realm methods. How powerful would it be to have multiple methods complementing each other?" Xu Jingming thought remotely. "Unfortunately, he eventually died in the hands of the third realm."

"Coordinating different methods is one way to improve. Accumulating to the later stage, combining multiple paths to reach the same destination, that is the third realm."

"Another way to improve is to focus on one route." Xu Jingming was very clear about this. For example, improving the *Xu Yuan* route to the limit could directly reach the third realm.

After Xu Jingming's *Xu Yuan* lineage broke through, he continued to walk in the abyss, watching the abyss and perfecting his body at the same time.

His body, while maintaining the vastness of the *Xu Yuan* Body, also needed to maintain extremely high energy density, which naturally required repeated attempts and adjustments. And at this moment, the universe within Xu Jingming's body also evolved into an illusory abyss scene.

The illusory abyss was divided into a vast number of spatial layers, and universe spirits were also being nurtured within these spatial layers.

The vast universe within the body supplied the body's energy consumption.

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Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, more than a hundred years had passed since Xu Jingming entered the abyss. His aura was completely restrained, walking through one dangerous place after another, casually collecting a large number of items.

"There are so many Sinister Grasses?" Xu Jingming smiled, looking at the lush patch of Sinister Grasses in front of him, at least tens of thousands of plants.

"Back then, when I was contaminated by the high-dimensional, the dean and the others, in order to keep me awake, concocted the Icy-Cold Wine, the main ingredient of which was this Sinister Grass." Xu Jingming smiled and waved his hand, collecting this patch of tens of thousands of Sinister Grasses.

"Who? How dare you snatch my Sinister Grasses!" Accompanied by a low roar, a huge head emerged from the distant gurgling mud. The six blood-colored eyes on the huge head glared at Xu Jingming, and an invisible attack had already descended.

As a member of the heart realm lineage, Xu Jingming traveled directly through the heart realm, one step at a time across an abyss space layer, so these abyss demons had no time to guard against it.

Xu Jingming took one step and arrived at its beloved Sinister Grassland.

"You didn't even look at who I am before attacking?" Xu Jingming shook his head. This abyss demon stared blankly at Xu Jingming, its six blood-colored eyes becoming numb and sluggish, completely losing their brilliance.

It was dead, dead under Xu Jingming's illusion.

"So weak."

With a thought, Xu Jingming collected the abyss demon's corpse. "After all, it is also the corpse of an Eternal Realm-level abyss demon, which is still of great use to the human race." A drop of blood from this corpse was enough for tenth-order source life forms to study frantically.

"I've been wandering in the abyss for more than a hundred years, and I've collected quite a lot. Although they are all ordinary, their value exceeds 1 drop of abyss mother blood, which should be enough for the human race to exchange for hundreds of millions of years." Xu Jingming thought.

The force he established released treasures every thousand years for the source life forms to exchange.

And the official exchange of the universe's human race, as the strongest human, he naturally had to provide a large amount of resources.

You don't know how hard it is to be in charge! Low-dimensional life forms can't use treasures that are too precious. You have to prepare cheap ones, and the quantity must be large enough!

Fortunately, there is a boundless abyss! Countless treasures!

"Hmm?" Xu Jingming suddenly sensed the fluctuations of a half-step third realm battle. He immediately looked into the distance and couldn't help showing joy. "After coming to the abyss for more than a hundred years, I finally saw a great treasure."

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A wide black river galloped in the high sky, running from this abyss space layer to another, and even continuing to run, not knowing how many abyss space layers it spanned.

At this moment, an iceberg was floating on the surface of the black river. The iceberg was crystal clear under the light, and just watching it made the high-dimensional life forms feel greedy and eager to obtain it.

"A Clear Spirit Ice Mountain? How much is such a Clear Spirit Ice Mountain worth? At least 100 drops of abyss mother blood."

"Usually, only some Clear Spirit Ice Blocks float on the Nightmare River. This time, it's an entire Ice Mountain?"

"Mine, mine, it's mine!"

The appearance of this Ice Mountain attracted the surrounding three abyss lords, whose territories were nearby. They were the first to discover it and the first to arrive.

Rumble~~~

The Clear Spirit Ice Mountain, worth more than 100 drops of abyss mother blood, made the three abyss lords jealous. However, one of the abyss lords was clearly superior in strength, using tentacles that ran through space-time to suppress and repel the other two abyss lords in a one-against-two battle.

"Bai Qi Gui!" The other two abyss lords were furious and exasperated.

"It's mine." This huge tentacle monster, Bai Qi Gui, with hundreds of eyes densely packed, stared at the Clear Spirit Ice Mountain and pounced on it, wanting to seize it as soon as possible.

"No, it's mine." A voice sounded.

An invisible, vast illusion had already enveloped the abyss lord Bai Qi Gui.